Two Grand Lodges Honor South Dakota Rulers
Mitchell capital reports on two grand lodges meeting held in Yankton, May 1896. It covers officers of the Daughters of Honor and related ceremonies, initiations by Parker, Prosperity, and Aberdeen teams, a reception at the courthouse, and praise for drilling. Also notes the Argus-Leader map project and rail excursion plans for national conventions.
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Mary L. Phelps Montrose
S. D
Sarah A. Moore
Fargo N. D
Delia A. McNutt
Aberdeen
Roa Reeseies
Francis Crand
Minnie A. Culbertron
Brookings
Marcel J. Sackett
Anna Abt
Lead
D. of H. Grand Lodge
Yankton
Parker
A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge
I. H. Newby
G. W. Hill
H. C. Pfeiffer
J. G. Beck
C. A. Wagener
Frank Hauser
Henry Gamble
Lev. Harper
E. L. Berry
K. C. Howard
Frank Kirby
Ed. Berry
S. H. Fancher
K. of P. Hall
Mitchell
Prosperity Lodge
Grand Lodge of D. of H
L. I. Stair
F. Kershaw
L. H. Stowell
J. J. Hough
L. E. Stair
Alice Spink
Carrie Skoogaard
Mary Carlson
F.C. Schirmer
C. Halverson
A. J. Kings
R. L. Tremaine
John Freeman
Belle Tyler
Nettie Wells
Samantha Rolston
Lizzie Neily
Dolia L. McNutt
Dr. Countryman
C. E. Wood
B. C. Yorks
M. Rowley
Emil Korte
A. J. Cook
Kate Sessions
Nettie Baldwin
Maud Thomas
Belle
Ella Powell
Lucy Brandes
Cora Wright
Della Barnhart
Ella Brown
Sara
Pratt
Pearl Hards
Argus-Leader
State Immigration Association
South Dakota
Argus Leader
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Classified Postal Service
H.C. Clark
Clark
Neighborhood Notes from Dakota County
Grant Trotter traveled from Council Bluffs to check on his Dakota property and returned to Iowa Tuesday morning. Lee Reynolds went to southern Iowa for the summer to stay with an uncle. Our creamery produces about 400 pounds of butter daily, a solid start. M. C. Betts traveled west Saturday night, back Monday morning. Mrs. F. M. Hatch visits her parents in Alvord Iowa and other relatives nearby. Ethan Colton of Dakota University preached a sermon at the M E church last Sunday. next Sunday Prof. Shepherd is to preach both morning and evening. Epworth League members plan a large Friday and Saturday convention here. M B Holmes helps butter maker Flucky in the creamer y. Mrs. A A Thompson and children left for Iowa Monday. Bert will follow later. J M Newell assists in the bank during Mrs Gerey’s absence while Will Hallowell of Mitchell takes Jim’s place in the store. Mrs. Isaac Christopher left Wednesday for Iowa to see her mother who recently fell and was hurt.
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Grant Trotter
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Dakota
Lee Reynolds
M. C. Betts
F. M. Hatch
Alvord
Ethan Colton
J. M. Newell
Gerey
Will
Hallowell of Mitchell
Jim
Isaac Christopher
Local church notes and community updates from Madison area
Jessie Pringle closed her school last Wednesday and was later seen with Walter Rowley at Emsley. The church elected Mr Pringle as its convention representative in Pierre. Annie Kerr visited Mrs Hubbard last Monday. C E delegates from the society include Mesdames Annie Dean and May Rowley heading to Mt Vernon. Parkston milliner job change for Mabel Bates. A giant social car tale from Madison avenue recounts old college friends, Princeton 87 game memories, and a Johns Hopkins professor escorting a patient. The potato bug arrival and Monday corn planting mark spring progress. A fall in W L Wallis due to a sprained ankle punctuates the day.
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Jessie Pringle
Annie Kerr
Walter Rowley
Emsley
Annie Dean
May Rowley
C. E
Mt. Vernon
Mabel Bates
Parkston
W. L. Wallis
The Woman Kisses First Says Pearson's Weekly
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt argues that women initiate kissing, with men acting in response. It asserts two required conditions for kissing: opportunity and the woman's desire to be kissed. The piece claims men cannot resist the woman's influence and that true kissing is initiated by the woman.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Her Opinion on Tyranny and Lovers in Public Verse
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal presents a quoted sentiment on tyranny and marriage, noting the paradox of devoted lovers becoming difficult husbands. The brief excerpt contrasts harsh political language with domestic irony, reflecting the paper’s opinion column voice.
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Indianapolis Journal
Chestnut origin tale linked to Warren and a stage joke
A New York World column cites Joseph Jefferson tracing the slang chestnut to comedian William Warren through a line in William Dillon's play The Broken Sword. The anecdote spreads from a stag dinner, where Warren and others echoed the joke, giving rise to the term's popular use.
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Chestnut
Joseph Jefferson
William Warren
Boston
Mr. Jefferson
William Dillon
Captain Zavier
Pablo
Baron Munchausen
Calloway
Mr. Warren
New York World
Gentlemanly Judge Lauded by Graham in Conversation
District Attorney Graham recalled his 25 years at the bar with the late Judge Allison and offered a sterling compliment. He praised Allison as a splendid judge with inexhaustible patience and a courteous, complete hearing for every litigant. He likened Allison’s conduct to true nobility from Dickens.
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Graham
Allison
David Copperfield
Dickens
Philadelphia Record
Prehistoric Literature In America Discovery In 1891
The St Louis Republic reports Professors Shaler and Warren found evidence in Falling Spring cave Tennessee that prehistoric Americans had a written language and an 82 character alphabet. A carved 467 word oval slab beside a saltstone figure suggests a literate civilization. The note describes the cave find and its significance for ancient literacy.
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America
Shaler and
Warren
Yale College
Falling Spring Cave
Sequatchie Valley
State of Tennessee
St. Louis Republic
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